Abram B. Olin

Abram B. Olin
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office March 11, 1863 – January 13, 1879
Appointed by	Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Alexander Burton Hagner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 13th district
In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	Russell Sage
Succeeded by	John B. Steele
Personal details
Born	(1808-09-21)September 21, 1808 Shaftsbury, Vermont
Died	July 7, 1879(1879-07-07) (aged 70) Sligo, Maryland
Political party	Republican

Abram Baldwin Olin (September 21, 1808 – July 7, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from New York. He subsequently served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia from 1863 to 1879.

Born in Shaftsbury, Vermont, Olin was the son of Gideon Olin, and the cousin of Henry Olin. Olin attended the common schools, and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. He studied law with Albert Gallatin Whittemore of Milton, Vermont, and was admitted to the bar in 1838. He commenced practice in Troy, New York, and served as city recorder from 1844 to 1852.

Olin was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-Sixth, and Thirty-Seventh Congresses (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863).

On March 10, 1863, Olin was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln to a new seat as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) created by 12 Stat. 762. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 11, 1863, and received his commission the same day. He voluntarily retired on January 13, 1879. He died near Sligo, Maryland, July 7, 1879. He was interred in the Danforth family lot adjacent to West Lawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Sources

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

• United States Congress. "Abram B. Olin (id: O000066)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Abram Baldwin Olin at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.